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November 1992 The Journal OJ Number 24 

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November 1992 


The Check Collector 


Number 24 


THE CHECK COLLECTOR 


Editor: Robert A. Spence 

P.0. Box 69 

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Assistant Herman L. Boraker 

Editors: Martha M. Cox 

Roland P. Burnham 


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PRESIDENT S COLUMN 


I have just returned from the Paper Money Show in 
St. Louis. It was my impression that attendance at 
the St. Louis Show was somewhat less than in past 
years. This was also my impression of the Memphis 
Show which took place last June. However, I was 
impressed by the number of collectors at the two 
shows who were pursuing checks of various types 
along with such collateral material as they were able 
to locate. It was especially pleasing to find that 
many of the buyers were quite scholarly. It was in¬ 
deed an "education" in itself to exchange bits of in¬ 
formation with them. 

There was one prominent dealer of currency at the 
shows who is no longer handling checks (at least, so 
he says). On the other hand it appears to me that 
there are now more dealers of checks, etc. than there 
ever were. That which is unfortunate is that most of 
the dealers are lacking in knowledge and appear to 
have little interest in acquiring it. This does serious 
damage to the hobby. When I began collecting 
stamps, it was the better type of dealer who was my 
mentor and who helped shape my collecting habits 
for the better. 

Let's do a bit of original research in some narrow as¬ 
pect of check collecting. I am certain that you will 
find it rewarding. The pleasures that you will bring 
to fellow collectors and yourself by sharing your ex¬ 
pertise is pure, unadulterated joy. 


‘Ed Lipson 



RESOLUTIONS - 1993 

1. 

Write something For The 

Check Collector. 

2. 

Sign up a Friend as an 

A.S.C.C. member. 

3. 

Attend an A.S.C.C. Round 

Table Meeting. 

4. 

Donate some checks to the 

A.S.C.C. Check Pool. 

5. 

Add some checks to your 
collection. 















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Number 24, November 1992 


President's Column 


Page 

2 

Some Foreign Bills-of-Exchange 


Page 

4 

The First First National Bank 


Page 

5 

Personal Banking 


Page 

7 

Treasurer's Office Cheques from 

County of Oxford 

Page 

8 

A.S.C.C. Treasurer's Report 


Page 

8 

A Guide to Check Collecting - VI 

Page 

9 

Around Our Hobby 


Page 

15 

A.S.C.C. Check Pool Update 


Page 

15 

A.S.C.C. Check Survey 


Page 

16 

Happy Findings and Conversation 

Pieces. 

Page 

20 

Choctaw National Bank of Caddo, 

I.T. 

Page 

21 

Autographs on Checks 


Page 

22 

A.S.C.C. Secretary's Column 


Page 

24 

A.S.C.C. Membership Application 


Page 

24 

Across Our Desk 


Page 

26 



Foiinded (|f|BjjCfe) 

in 1969. 

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CHECK COLLECTORS, INC. 

A non-profit organization organized under Section 501-(c)-(3). 

President: 

Edward N. Lipson (1994) 

Directors: 


46 Appletree Lane 



North Haven, CT 06473 

H. L. Boraker (1993) 



Roland P. Burnham (1994) 

Vice President: 

John J. O'Hare (1993) 

Martha M. Cox (1994) 


197 Lancaster Avenue 

Harry R. Johnson, Sr. (1994) 


Buffalo, NY 14222 

M. S. Kazanjian (1993) 



Lawrence Marsh (1994) 

Secretary: 

Coleman A. Liefer (1994) 

Douglas McDonald (1994) 


P.O. Box 577 

Dick Naven (1994) 


Garrett Park, MD 20896 

Robert T. Page (1994) 



James D. Partin (1993) 

Treasurer: 

Michael A. Zier (1994) 

Lee E. Poleske (1993) 


Riggs National Bank 

Robert A. Spence (1994) 


808 17th Street, N.W. 



Washington, DC 20006 

Honorary Vice President: 

Departments: 


Jeane Flaig 

Check Collector: 

Robert A. Spence 


Check Pool: 

Harry R. Johnson, Sr. 


Check Survey: 

Edward N. Lipson 


Librarian: 

Charles V. Kemp 


Meetings: 

Herman L. Boraker 


Membership: 

Roland P. Burnham 


Membership Directory: Coleman A. Leifer 


Security Printers: 

Michael A. Zier 


Slide Program: 

Larry Adams 






















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Number 24 


SOME FOREIGN BILLS-OF-EXCHANGE 

by Michael A. Zier 


This time we have two foreign bills, both Firsts of 
Exchange from the vaults of The Riggs National 
Bank of Washington, DC, courtesy of Mike Zier. 
What sets these particular bills apart is that they are 
both payable in "Gold Dollars." Note on the Pek¬ 
ing bill the amount written as "G $100" and, on the 
Yokohama bill, the amount written as "G $ 272-." 
They are both signed by persons named "Douglas" 
(Albert and Lucia T.), and bear references to same- 
dated consecutive letters of credit: #507 on the Pek¬ 
ing bill, and #508 on the Yokohama bill. 

Both are stamped paid by The National City Bank 
of New York. During the period these bills were 
used, Riggs and National City were correspondents, 
and each bank held stock in the other, and they 
shared directors and certain officers. The back 


stamps indicated that the bills were sent directly 
from The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpo¬ 
ration to the National City Bank and from there 
directly to Riggs. No revenue stamps appear on the 
back, but a single Japanese revenue is on the lower 
left face of the Yokohama bill. 

The Peking bill was written on July 7, 1916, paid by 
National City on October 2, 1916, and canceled 
"Paid" by Riggs on October 3, 1916. The Yokoha¬ 
ma bill was written on October 9, 1916, paid by Na¬ 
tional City on October 30, 1916, and canceled "Paid" 
by Riggs on October 33, 1916. The difference in 
time taken for the bills to reach their final destination 
is accounted for by the fact that Peking was an in¬ 
land city, and Yokohama was a busy seaport. 


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November 1992 


The Check Collector 


Number 24 


THE FIRST FIRST NATIONAL BANK 

by Lee Poleske 


The bank building shown on this check from the 
First National Bank of Davenport, Iowa, played a 
prominent part in the history of banking both in 
Iowa and the United States. 

The building, at the comer of Main and Second, was 
built in 1857 at a cost of $75,000 by the banking 
house of Cook & Sargent. At the time, it was said 
to be the finest bank building in the West, and one 
of the handsomest west of New York City. It soon 
became known as the "Marble Bank" building. 
Cook & Sargent, founded by Ebenezer Cook and 
George B. Sargent in 1847, was one of the largest 
banking firms in Iowa. 

Soon after the opening of the new building, the Pan¬ 
ic of 1857 hit the city. Land speculation had caused 
Cook & Sargent to expand their credit beyond a 
safe limit. At one time the military companies of the 
city were called out to protect the bank building 
from angry crowds demanding the bank redeem var¬ 
ious types of scrip and paper money which circulat¬ 
ed in the city. Trying to honor all its commitments 
greatly weakened Cook & Sargent and it went out 
of business in 1859. 

In 1863 the "Marble Bank" building was occupied 
by the banking firm of Corbin & Dow. Austin Cor¬ 
bin had moved to Davenport in 1851 from New 
Hampshire. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he 


formed a law firm with George S. C. Down, but 
turned to banking 1854, when he and Louis A. 
Macklot formed the banking house of Macklot and 
Corbin. Unlike many banks of the period, it was 
soundly operated and was the only banking house 
west of the Mississippi that did not suspend pay¬ 
ment during the Panic of 1857. Macklot and Corbin 
dissolved their bank in 1861. Corbin and his old 
law partner George S. C. Dow formed the new 
banking firm of Corbin and Dow in 1863. 

That same year, the United States Congress was de¬ 
bating the National Currency Act, which among oth¬ 
er things, provided for the establishment of national 
banks. President Lincoln signed the bill on Febru¬ 
ary 25, 1863. 

The next day the firm of Corbin & Dow filed an ap¬ 
plication for a charter for a bank to be known as the 
First National Bank of Davenport. By the end of 
May, its capital stock of $100,000 was fully sub¬ 
scribed and all other legal requirements had been 
met. 

The Comptroller of the Currency issued the first na¬ 
tional bank charters on June 22, 1863. The charters 
were good for twenty years. The Davenport bank 
received charter number 15. 

When the board of directors of the new bank 



W. A. BE MIS, 

GENERAL. INSURANCE. 


Davenport. Iowa, 


—c ——-— 


189 


Pay to 


No. 

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or Order, 

Dollars. 


FIRST NATIONAL BANK , 

DAVENPORT, IOWA. 




7 $~ 


Figure (above): The vignette on this First National Bank of Davenport, Iowa check, shows the building in which the bank op¬ 
erated from 1863 to 1909. The bank was the first First National Bank in the United States. 



















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FNB Davenport, Iowa /Poleske continued from 
previous page- 

learned that the charter had been granted, it voted to 
open the bank for business on Monday, June 29, 
1863. For two days it was the only national bank in 
the United States in operation and it was literally the 
first First National Bank. This distinction ended on 
July 1, 1863 when several other national banks 
around the country opened for business. 

Demand for facilities to handle savings deposits, 
prompted the officers of the First National Bank, to 
organize a savings bank. In 1864, the Davenport 
Savings Institution was organized under the laws of 
Iowa. The list of stockholders was practically iden¬ 
tical with that of the First National. The Davenport 
Savings Institution, later called the Davenport Sav¬ 
ings Bank, operated in the "Marble Bank" building 
along side the First National Bank from 1864 until 
1909. 

When the U.S. Weather Bureau established an of¬ 
fice in Davenport in 1871, it used a 30 feet staff on 
the roof of the bank building to display storm sig¬ 
nals. 

A serious fire destroyed a good deal of the interior 
of the bank in 1880, but the safes and vaults with¬ 
stood both fire and water damage and their contents 
were all in perfect order. 

In 1882 when the First National Bank's original 
charter was about to expire. Congress was still de¬ 
bating a law to allow national banks to extend their 
charters, so the bank had to go through the formality 
of liquidating the business of the institution and ob¬ 
taining a new charter, number 2695. 

With the coming of the new century, the board of 
directors decided a larger building was needed. The 
old building was tom down in 1909 and new build¬ 
ing was erected at the same location the next year. 

In 1911, at the request of the bank's board of direc¬ 
tors, the Comptroller of the Currency restored the 
original charter number 15 to the First National. 

Like so many other banks, the First National did not 
survive the Great Depression; it was liquidated on 
April 25, 1931. 


PERSONAL BANKING/Sowan/s continued 
from p. 7... 

branch even though I have been banking with that 
bank for twenty two years and own a store across 
the mall hall from that branch. She asked for the 
I.D. politely and smiled pleasantly as she cashed 
my check but what a difference there is be¬ 
tween modern personal banking and personal 
banking yesterday!!! 

I remember hearing as a child how the First Na¬ 
tional Bank of Alderson was able to stay open dur¬ 
ing the depression. The bank had $30,000 in U.S. 
gold coin which they took out of the vault each 
morning and stacked on a table for all to see. 
When jittery customers came in, they saw all this 
gold gleaming in the bank and were reassured. If 
customers talked about withdrawing, the bank per¬ 
sonnel reminded them of the dangers of having 
money at home, the problem of out of work rela¬ 
tives wanting to borrow it, etc. The bank was thus 
able to survive the depression when many banks 
did not. Undoubtedly its personal relationships 
with its customers helped. 


















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PERSONAL BANKING 

by Ned Sowards 


One of the catch words in modem bank public rela¬ 
tions and advertising is "personal banking". It 
appears to mean that the bank will treat you as a hu¬ 
man being and not as a "thing". These banks work 
hard at getting their employees to be friendly and 
greet people with a smile and a warm hello and 
when they depart with "Have a nice day!" The 
banks order their employees to be friendly or be 
fired. 


weather, such as "October is still the grandest month 
of the year. We are all well, hope you folks are Tip 
Top." Some were complimentary such as the note to 
my sister, "Hello, Myrtle, you are some fine girl and 
doing a lot of good among the Young People. I 
know you are impressing their young lives for good. 
We miss you and your missionary smile." 


fH^'/VlR^T NATIONAL BANK 

PJ Z /* „ ? 

vy AMerson. W. V... . / ...... - J 1P1-A 

PLEASE LIST EACH CHe/k SEPARATELY 1 

CURRENCY 

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Hello Myrtle you are some fine 

girl and doing a lot of good amonj 

the Young Pefcple.I know you are 

impressing their young lives 

for good. He miss you and your 

missionary smile, 'j 

duplicate Harry Rowe 


44 Tota,s 





While sorting old papers at my mother's house, I 
found many bank deposit slips which give a whole 
new meaning to the words "personal banking ." 
They were to my mother from Harry Rowe, the 
president of the First National Bank of Alderson, 
West Virginia. 

When we lived in Alderson 1945-46, my parents 
opened an account at the small local bank. They de¬ 
veloped a personal relationship with the president 
and after they moved, they continued to have their 
checking account at his bank. They sent their chcks 
to be deposited and Harry would write a personal 
note on the bottom of the acknowledging deposit 
slip. Many of his comments had to do with the 


The sharing was a two way street. Once he wrote 
"My brother Howard over 10 years older than I is 
being buried today." 

He knew my parents and what was happening to 
them. When my grandmother died in 1952, he 
wrote my mother, "Sorry your mother had to leave 
you, but we all have to go and we will have a grand 
reunion in the Great Beyond-Best Wishes. Harry." 

The slips also tell me that my parents were making 
$179 per month as missionaries for the American 
Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 

Last week I had to show my I.D. at my usual 
Article continued on p. 6 






































































































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TREASURER S OFFICE CHEQUES 
FROM THE COUNTY OF OXFORD 

by W. Waychison 


bom on the 13th of February 1822 
in New York State, moving with his 
parents to Paris, Ontario in 1835. 
After leaving school and apprentic¬ 
ing as a moulder, he relocated in 
1844 to Woodstock, Ontario as a 
partner in a foundry. He purchased 
the foundry in 1854 and operated it 
until his retirement in 1867. Mr. 
Brown was the mayor and reeve 
during the 1860's prior to accepting 
the position of Treasurer of Oxford 
County. Mr. Homer P. Brown was 
also a director and vice-president of 
the Oxford Permanent Loan and 
Savings Company and a magistrate 
of the Dominion. 

Reference: 

Cochrane, Rev. Wm. ed„ 1891: _The Canadian 

Album Men of Canada: or Success, hv Example. 

Brantford, Bradley, Garretson & Co., p.448. 


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TREASURER S REPORT 

Cash on hand (6/1/92) $6,318.52 

Revenue: 

Dues and Ads 1,131.00 

Interest 0.00 

Expenses 3,304.29 

Balance (11/01/92) $4,515.23 


Respectfully Submitted, 





The illustrated, unissued cheque and 
attached stub measures 280 by 103 
mm and is printed in green on a thin 
white paper. The partially completed 
date on the stub indicates that the 
cheques were first in use during the 
1860's. 

Woodstock, Ontario is indicated on 
the cheque as it is the seat of Oxford 
County. Woodstock is located on the 
Thames River, 140 Km SW of To¬ 
ronto. 

Homer P. Brown, Treasurer of the 
County of Oxford from 1869 to be¬ 
yond 1891, would have signed many 
of the illustrated cheques. He was j iumkr i>. brown trc.™.™ 

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A GUIDE TO CHECK COLLECTING - VI 

by Robert A Spence 


While the United States has had about 14,000 active 
banks, more or less, since the Civil War, these banks 
have issued many different types and designs of 
checks for regular use. However, there are several 
other kinds of checks which collectors encounter at 
times and which many find fascinating. Checks of 
classifications No. 78 through No. 89, as referred to 
in Chapter II of this Guide, provide collectors with 
many interesting conversation pieces for their col¬ 
lections. These areas of interest include checks 
used in wartimes, travelers cheques, refund/rebate 
checks, special purpose checks, school checks and 
others. Wars have always affected banking institu¬ 
tions and caused the issue of many items of out-of- 
the-ordinary interest to collectors. 


Checks and check-related items issued by banks 
in The Confederate States of America provide his¬ 
torical and novel additions to any collection. Fig¬ 
ure 1 shows a draft of the Bank of the State of 
Georgia drawn on the Atlanta Insurance Co. on 2 
January, 1863. As a security precaution, the 
amount of the draft is additionally written across 
the face in colored ink. 

Shown in Figure 2 is a check drawn in Nashville, 
Tennessee, on February 9, 1865, shortly after 
Nashville had fallen to Union troops on Septem¬ 
ber 6, 1864 but before the final surrenders of the 
Confederacy. Note the use of a Type R-10 U.S. 
adhesive revenue of the Confederate State of 



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Guide, Part \\JSpence continued... 

Tennessee and that U.S. Federal revenue require¬ 
ments were in effect and use. 

Many banks have issued special checks from time 
to time. Figure 3 shows "The Founder's Check " 


A check used during the Vietnam conflict is shown 
in Figure 5. Note the restrictive clauses on the face 
of the check designating payment. 

During the "Cold War", the check shown in Figure 6 
was drawn on the U.S. Military Banking Facility in 
Germany. Note the designated payment in dollars 



Figure 3. 


issued by the Bank of California for customer use 
in 1974 and styled after a check used in 1864. Note 
the facsimile of a Type RN-C1 imprint revenue 
stamp in the center background. 


or Deutsche marks. 

Times of peace also have their share of unusual and 
interesting checks. The area of Refund / Rebate 



After World War II, some banking facilities for the 
military were established overseas. Figure 4 shows 
a check of the Tokyo Military Facility in Japan 
overprinted for use in Korea. Note that while dol¬ 
lars are indicated, the check is designated payable in 
Military Payment Certificates only. 


Checks is one that has not received the attention it 
merits from collectors. Included in this classification 
are checks used to convey a refund (usually by mail) 
to a customer. Figure 7 shows a refund check for 
one cent. In 1936, one cent was "counting money" 
to many people during the heart of the Great 




























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Guide, Part XVSpence continued ... 



Travelers cheques are 
a fascinating area for 
any collector to ex¬ 
plore. Note that the 
international spelling 
"cheque" is used on 
and for travelers 
cheques throughout 
the world. The Amer¬ 
ican Express Compa¬ 
ny introduced travel¬ 
ers cheques in 1891. 
Travelers cheques 
have been issued since 
then by banks, charge 



Figure 6 (above). 



Depression. This type 
of check was a very 
convenient way to pay 
coin telephone refunds 
(most calls then were 
only 5 cents), rebates or 
discounts on purchases, 
etc. 

The Refund / Rebate 
classification is a very 
convenient area in 
which to store those 
corporate dividend 
checks for very small 
amounts. Also, for 
those checks and warrants valid only "if' some pur¬ 
chase is made or other condition is met before a cer¬ 
tain date. This type of check or warrant is widely 
used at present to advertise and to validate a rebate 
or bonus upon purchase of an automobile. 


Figure 7 (above). 

card companies and agencies of foreign banks and 
travel companies in the U.S. While most collectors 
have to be content with " Specimen " copies of 



















































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Guide, Part WSpence continued ... 


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Specimen checks are 
an area of increasing 
interest to experienced 
collectors. They are 
specially designed 
checks (and other 
check-related items) 
produced by check 
printers as an example 
of their work. Some¬ 
times another check 
was altered to serve as 
an example of a 
design desired by a 


Figure 8 (above). 



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iJixKN-AUSER 

FANCY AND STAPLE GROCRIES,HAY,GRAIN AND ICE 

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>QHT LAUDERDALE STATE BANK 

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Figure 9 (above). 


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copies of U.S. 
travel cheques, 
some U.S. 
banks and 
charge card trav¬ 
elers cheques 
have become 
available in the 
market to collec¬ 
tors. Figure 8 
shows such an 
example of these 
cheques. The 
backs of many 
travelers cheques 
carry interesting 
revenue stamps from favorite tourist meccas. A 
word of caution ~ it is very easy to become a collec¬ 
tor of travelers cheques from other countries if more 
than the slightest bit of attention is paid to them. 



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Figure 10 (above). 

customer of a check printer. Such a check is shown 
in Figure 9 where a sample of a specimen check of 
J. Knauber Lithographing Co. was altered to provide 
a model for a customer's order. 




































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Guide, Part \U Spence continued ... 


- RATION CHECK - 

'Q&m S&gisoBfSi 

OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION 

— 3o3 

TRANSFER TO THE 

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- 

MEAT, FATS, FISH 
CHEESE 

-FR 2 NewYork.N.Y. 1-30 

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Figure 11 (above). 



Figure 12 (above). 


About a century ago, salesmen for major check 
printers carried display books of specimen checks. 
Some of the samples therein provided an elaborate 
framed area to receive the adhesive revenue stamp. 
Such a sample is shown in Figure 10. Since the 
check printers used as samples the most attractive 
specimens in their inventory, collecting samples of 
these specimen checks usually results in a display 
of unusual and attractive samples of the security 
printer's art. 

During World War II, the Office of Price Adminis¬ 
tration instituted a system of rationing certain foods 
and commodities. There were seven categories: 
sugar, coffee, gasoline, shoes, fuel oil, meats-fats- 
fish-cheese, and processed foods. Each category 
was reckoned in customary units, such as: gallons 
of gasoline or pairs of shoes. Ration bank accounts 
were established and through the regular banking 
channels, credits and debits of such commodities 
were handled to control distribution. Checks for 
each commodity were used and an example of one 


for meats-fats-fish-cheese is shown in Figure 11. 
Many coin collectors today have some "red points", 
discs of fibre marked with the number of point, 
needed, along with the cash payment for a rationed 
item. Many check collectors try to collect all seven 
of the rationed categories in checks as historical arti¬ 
facts. 

A seldom encountered type of check is a "Business 
School Check". In the days before computerized 
accounting systems, schools for students of busi¬ 
ness used "Business School Checks" as an aid in 
teaching students show to draw or properly prepare 
a check for an authorized signature. Aji example of 
a business school check is shown in Figure 12. 

Most collectors have checks that are either unused 
check forms or checks that have been drawn, pre¬ 
sented and paid. Another interesting area to collect 
is that of checks which are refused payment upon 
presentation. These are commonly referred to as 
"rubber" or "bounced" checks. It includes checks 
for which payment would have exceeded the 





























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November 1992 The Check Collector Number 24 


Guide, Part WSpence continued ... 

amount of funds available for payment. In the na¬ 
tion's capital some years ago, some restaurants post¬ 
ed bad checks behind the cashier. There were ap¬ 
parently enough of these checks so that a collector 
could bargain for a handful. An example of this 
type of check is shown in Figure 13. 


Jack Daniel Distillery with a vignette of three barrels 
ofwhiskey, a facsimile of a check for one cent 
signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the carefully 
reproduced facsimile of a check shown in Figure 14, 
the purpose of which is unknown. 



Figure 13 (above). 


Lastly, there is a practical need for a check classifi¬ 
cation to serve as a convenience for the collector. It 
includes those kinds of items that need to be 
accessed without bother. The classification of "Fac¬ 
simile Checks" serves this purpose well. It is a 
place that includes items that have passed beyond 
the "Pending" classification. Examples found in 
one collection in this classification were: a copy of a 
certified check for over one billion dollars, a repro¬ 
duction of a check signed by Abraham Lincoln, an 
attractive reproduction of an 1890 check of the 


You may have thought regular checks drawn on a 
bank were all that were available to a collector. I 
did until some of these types were acquired. 

Check collecting is interesting and has its share of 
happy surprises. The vast number of checks issued 
over the past two hundred years provide unusual and 
almost unlimited possibilities for discoveries by 
each collector in our relatively young hobby. 

Happy hunting and happy collecting! 




























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The winter season for check collectors has started off well. It appears that more check collector meetings at 
shows and conventions are being planned than ever before. Also, significant amounts of checks are being in¬ 
cluded in price lists, auctions and philatelic and numismatic show bourses. Please advise the Editor early tor 
any listings of meetings. ___—- 

The A.S.C.C. Treasurer has sent out a post card notice for 1993 dues to those applicable. No other notice will 
be sent. A prompt reply will i nsure receiving the next issue of The Check Col lector. 

A S C C members have been very pleased with the issue of California History featuring the Wells Fargo 
Bank which they received recently. Our sincere thanks to Wells Fargo Bank for furnishing this booklet to 
our members. Members should keep their membership current so that you may receive similar mailings from 
the Society as they become ava ilable. _____ 

An A S C C Round Table meeting will be held at the Florida 1993 FUN Convention on Friday January 8, 
1993 at 10 00 a.m. in Room A. This meeting has always drawn check collectors who are or can be in Plonda 
during the January 7-10, 1993, days of the Convention at the Orange County Convention Center. The 
bourse, one of the largest in the U.S.A. will include numerous dealers with ch ecks. 

An A S C C Round Table meeting is to be held at the 1993 Stamporee Stamp Show on Ma f c h 19,1993^ at 
M n m at the U S Armed Forces Training Center, 3181 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, Honda. Nine 
nhilateiu historical and collector organizations are hosting this show. There will be a monster exhibition, a 
Csf of over 30 defers and many other features at this March 19-21, 1993 philatelic show with many 
check collecting features. ___ 

David V.Stivison, Esq., 870 North 30th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130-1104 has furnished the A S C.C. 
Library a copy of the catalog of an exhibit he has prepared for display at the Union League of Philadelphia. 
The 14 pages illustrate events in the history of Philadelphia by use of checks and other fiscal documents. 

A stapled copy of the catalog is available to members interested by request to him and by enclosing $1.00 to 
cover postage and handling. 


A.S.C.C. Check Pool Update 

by Harry R Johnson, Sr., Chairman 


Check donations received: 

30+ Ohio checks in memory of my father (Clarence 
Johnson) from Grace Johnson 

500+ Ohio checks (obsolete bank) from Jean John¬ 
son Enold 

1500+ Florida checks from Harry R. Johnson, Sr. 
and family 

200+ Florida checks from Eric Ovaska 

500+ Florida checks from Robert Spence 

100+ Florida checks from P.C. McMichen 

20+ Pennsylvania checks from Richard Biemer 

We are in real need of checks from all states for the 
A.S.C.C. Check Pool. I would like to see other 


members support this fine endeavor. At present, 

there are only three members who regularly continue 
to keep up the supply of checks in the Check Pool: 
Herman Boraker, Bob Spence and myself. 

We really appreciate and thank those members who 
send in any amount of checks. 

We accept any and all checks, no matter how new or 
how old. Please, let's all work together to keep this 
project going. 

Remember, the check packets are "free", but there is 
a $2.00 charge for each packet for postage and han¬ 
dling. 

Please send all requests to: 

Harry R. Johnson, Sr. 

4279 Gar and Lane 

West Palm Beach, Florida 33406-2945 

















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HAPPY FINDING AND CONVERSATION PIECES 


Member Jim Greene sent in this unusual check which is a valued part of his North Carolina check collection. 
All the banks and locations listed on this "check-a-check" are in Alamance County, North Carolina, which is 
located in the central part of the state. C. F. Neese was a wholesale supplier of meat products. 

Could this check be a predecessor to the "Universal Bank Check" which was used by noted department 
stores and merchants in large cities and on which the name and address of the customer's bank was written? 
Both of these items were supplanted by the credit cards in use today. However, the check above drawn to the 
order of Mr. Neese had an advantage in that it could be presented for payment at once and was negotiable. 



A member happily reports that by taking a "second look", he found a check with one of the RN-I1 revenue 
imprints among a stack of checks he had purchased. The revenue imprint on this check bears the same de¬ 
sign used lor the very common Type R-6 adhesive revenue stamp and this permits it to be easily mistaken for 
the R-6 stamp. Collectors should note the details of this check, one of those which may bear the elusive 
Type RN-I1. 


































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by Herman L i 

mmm 



The United States in 1834 established Indian Territo¬ 
ry by treaties with what is referred to as "The Five 
Civilized Tribes." They were the Cherokee, Creek, 
Seminole, Choctaw, and Chickasaw. Other tribes 
were included later. 

Due to the speed with which the western movement 
was taking place, and the cry of the pioneers for land, 
the Dawes Act was passed in 1887. In 1889, the un¬ 
occupied portions of Indian Territory were opened 
to white settlement, and the Dawes Commission was 
appointed to transfer the Indian titles to land in the 
Territory from tribal to individual allotments of land. 
A few years later the Curtis Act and others brought 
extinction of Indian Territory. 

Oklahoma Territory came into being as a result of 
the Dawes Act. The Indians were encouraged to re¬ 
nounce their rights of tribal holdings. Those who 
did were given citizenship in addition to land. The 
unsettled parts of the Territory were purchased by 
the United States from the Indians and on April 22, 
1889, the land was opened to homestead settlement. 
With this influx of people, towns were established and 
Oklahoma Territory was created May 2, 1890. 

On November 16, 1907, the Indian and Oklahoma 
Territories were combined to form the state of Okla¬ 
homa, which is popularly called the Sooner State due 
to the fact that settlers rushed into the new territory 
sooner than they were officially supposed to. 


The Choctaw National Bank, Caddo, Indian Territory was established in January, 1900. It succeeded the Farmers and Mer ¬ 
chants Bank and was placed in voluntary liquidation in April 1908. Bank officers in 1904 were: H. M. Dunlap, president; 
T. W. Hunter, vice president; B. Roberts, cashier and H. Edwards, assistant cashier. Bank had a capital of $50,000 and 
surplus of46,000. The certificate of deposit was found in Alabama. Choctaw means red people 




This map shows the Choctaw Nation’s section of the 
Indian Territory. Caddo is located to the left of the 
first "n" in Nation. On present day maps, it is located 
about 10 miles northeast of Durant, Oklahoma. 

The Choctaw Nation was the southeastern part of In¬ 
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AUTOGRAPHS ON CHECKS 

courtesy of Sandy Mock 


Sandy Mock once again shares with us some of his outstanding autographs on checks. 


One of his most fascinating pieces is the John F. Kennedy check shown in Figure 1 (below). It seemed it 
was his custom to have one of the Secret Service men who accompanied him to carry blank, but signed, 
checks. If the President wanted to buy something impulsively, he merely had the man fill in the check. This 
is one of the checks carried by the bodyguard when President Kennedy was assassinated. 



Figure 1 


The next check is one of Benjamin Harrison, signed while serving as 23rd President of the United States and 
is shown in Figure 2 (below). 


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Autographs/Mod: continued ... 

Robert E. Lee, famous Confederate General, signed the check shown in Figure 3 (below) "R. E. Lee" on Feb¬ 
ruary 21, 1839. At this point in Lee's career he was an Army engineer working along the Mississippi River. 
Anything signed by Lee this early is quite rare. 






BANK Of THE STATE OF MISSOURI, 

. 9 . <S/ 





Figure 3 


In Figure 4 (below), J. Paul Getty, the famous billionaire, signed this cheque on the Chase Manhattan Bank 
of London, England. Note the medallion for "Stamp Duty (revenue) Paid" and "27.01", probably the 
exchange value of the face amount of the cheque. 



Figure 4 









































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ASCC SECRETARY'S COLUMN 


1993 dues notices have been mailed to all members except those who joined after July 1, 1992. If you do 
not renew this is the last issue of The Check Collector you will receive. 

This report includes all changes received through November 20, 1992. The total number of members is 371. 
NEW MEMBERS (C/D) s Collector/Dealer; (D) a Dealer 


1414 BRAMS, PATRICIA 2527 Embassy Dr West Palm Beach FL 33401 
1416 BROWN, HY (C/D) PO Box 1269 Mentor OH 44061 

1413 CORN 10, GEORGETTE P. 12803 Windbrook Dr Clinton MD 20735-1227 

1403 GAROFALO, JOSEPH F. (C/D) PO Box 1283 Millbrook NY 12545 
1409 HERMAN, RICHARD P. PO Box 328 Balboa Island CA 92662 

1415 LEE, NANCY PO Box 89 Wilton MN 56687 

1404 MCKNIGHT, MURRAY Box 27, RR 2 Orono ON LOB 1M0 Canada 
1411 MOSS, IRA L. 176 Beach 146th Street Neponsit NY 11694 
1408 PRATT, ROBERT E. 1836 W. Virginia, Suite 102 McKinney TX 

75069 

1406 SCHWARTZ, DR. ROBERT I. (C/D) PO Box 264 New York NY 10021 


1410 SMITH, BARRY A. (C/D) 1707 Brookcliff Dr Greensboro NC 27408 

1417 SMITH, THOMAS H. RR 1, Bradley Branch Rd Cherokee NC 28719 

1412 STEPHENVILLE PUBL. LIBRARY, 174 N. Columbia Stephenville TX 
76401 

1407 SWISHER, DOUGLAS (C/D) Box 52701 Jacksonville FL 32201 
1405 TALBERT, DARRELL (C/D) Autograph Collector Magazine 541 N. 

Main St, Suite 104-352 Corona CA 91720 
1402 TANNER, ALBERT #704, 1025 Gilford St. Vancouver BC V6G 2P2 
Canada 


21 

2-4, 8 
2, 31 

2 (Mid-Hudson Valley, NY). 21, 31 
1, 2 (AZ, CA, NV, Camden NJ), 3-4, 7, 

9, 12 (Judaica), 21, 23, 26, 30-32) 

1 

1-12, 14, 20, 22-24, 26-32 
4, 20, 30-31 

1, 4-6, 7 (world stamped paper), 30-31 

1, 4 (B/E), 7 (pre-1921), 9, 12 (proofs, 
Nat. City Bank, Intern. Banking Corp), 
23-24, 31 

1-4, 2-, 21 (on checks), 30 
1, 9, 22, 30 


1, 4, 20-21, 32 

12 (signed checks of famous people) 
6, 22-23, 30 


REINSTATED 


0945 BABCOCK, ALLEN I. PO Box 381901 Miami FL 33238 

0139 DUPHORNE, R. (C/D) 1519 Columbia NE Albuquerque NM 87106 

0339 HAUCK, DR. ALLAN PO Box 165 Somers WI 53171 

0974 HERZ, HOWARD W. (C/D) PO Box 1000 Minden NV 89423 
1182 HOFSOMMER, ARM IN Box 28335 San Jose CA 95159 
0886 HORWEDEL, LOWELL C. (C/D) PO Box 2395 Lafayette IN 47906 
0357 HUMBLE, TERRENCE PO Box 879 Bayard NM 88023 
0999 KADLEC, GREGORY J. MD 800 Falls Av West Suite 2 Twin Falls ID 
83301 

1335 KAYE, RUSSELL (C/D) Box 635 Shrub Oak NY 10588 

1214 LILL, JOHN F. (C/D) 7705 Camino Real, Apt B116 Miami FL 33143 

1035 NIEMEYER, DAVID 1208 N. Euclid Av Ontario CA 91762 
0069 RICHARDS, ROBERT K. 1202 N. Front St Marquette MI 49855 

1099 SCHEIPERPETER, ROBERT 14800 Sunset Bl Pacific Palisades CA 
90272 

0326 WEISS, ARNOLD 980 S. Granville Av Los Angeles CA 90049 


2 (West, Florida pre-1900), 4 
2, 4 

5-8, 12 (Int. Reply Coupons, Postal 
Orders), 31 
2 (NV) 

21 

2 (CA), 23, 26 
2 (mining cos.), 22, 30 
1 , 2 

1, 4, 9, 22, 24, 30 
2 (IN), 4 (promissory notes, IN), 21, 
30-31 (IN) 

2 (Western & Territorial), 20 
1, 21, 31 


22, 30 


ADDRESS CHANGES 

1113 ACHEE, ROLAND J. 400 Travis St., Suite 1200 PO Box 71166 Shreveport LA 71166-1807 

0361 FACCHINA, H. A. L. HC 73, Box 765 Locust Grove VA 22508 

0906 KETTERLING, D. H. PO Box 3057 Kirkland WA 98083-3057 

1156 KRAUS, GUY C. PO Box 208 Pass Christian MS 39571-0208 

1052 LEVIS, DONALD J. 48 Riverside Dr Binghamton NY 13905 





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ADDRESS CHANGES 

0840 MCDONALD, DOUGLAS B. Box 350093 Grantsdale MT 59835 

1144 RALSTON, ROY PO Box 490024 Key Biscayne FL 33149 

0662 SMITH, BRUCE W. PO Box 382266 Harvard Square Station Cambridge MA 02138 


0866 

1365 

1235 

STUDLEY, MAX 4339 E. Colt Dr Eloy, AZ 85231 
ten BENSEL, ROBERT W. 2234 Ferris Lane St. Paul 
VOSS, GREGORY ?0 Box 103 Grover MO 63040 

MN 55113- 

■3878 

AREAS 

OF COLLECTING INTEREST 





11 

- Refund/Rebate Checks 

1 - 

Checks - General 

12 

- Other (specify) 

2 - 

Checks (Regions or States of Special Interest) 

14 

- Counter and Modern Checks 

3 - 

U.S. Government Checks 

20 

- Vignettes 

4 - 

Miscellaneous Fiscals (Bank Drafts, Bills of 

21 

- Autographs 


Exchange, Certificates of Deposit, Promissory 

22 

- Railroads, Steamboats, Mining 


Notes, Receipts, Warrants) 

23 

- Banking History 

5 - 

Checks - Great Britian 

24 

- Security Printing and Printers 

6 - 

Checks - Canada 

25 

- Checks Protectors and Cancel Devices 

7 - 

Checks - World (Regions or Countries of Special 

26 

- Wells Fargo History 


Interest) 

30 

- Stocks and Bonds 

8 - 

Travellers Cheques or Money Orders 

31 

- Revenue Stamped Documents 

9 - 

Specimen Checks 

32 

- Emergency Scrip 

10 - 

Ration Checks 























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ACROSS OUR DESK 

Price lists, fixed price and mail bid catalogs, journals, etc., received and compiled as a resource for our members. Items 
with an (S) may require a subscription for future issues. Please write first to the company. 



(S) Monthly price lists of checks, bank tokens, postcards and related items. Lee Poleske, Box 871, 


oewaiu, /Afv yyvir*. . w( , 

* Extensive price list of checks, drafts, promissory notes, etc. arranged by states and locations. M.S. Kazan- 
jian, 25 King Philip Ave., Barrington, RI 02806. 

(S) List of checks, stocks and bonds, historical documents. Yesterday's Paper, PO Box 819, Concrete, WA. 
98237 

(S) Regular catalog of CSA and obsolete bank notes, scrip, bonds and financial documents. Many checks and 
drafts arranged by states. Hugh Shull, PO Box 712, Leesville, SC 29070. 

* Price list of archival albums and mylar holders for checks, bank notes and scrip, currency, etc. Also, an 
extensive list of checks, drafts, warrants, stocks and bonds. Oregon Paper Money Exchange, 6802 S.W. 

33rd Place, Portland, OR 97219. 

* Stocks and bonds, checks, old post cards and Paper Americana. Ken Prag, P.O. Box 531, 

Burlingame, CA 94011. 

(S) Catalog of regular mail bid auctions of revenue stamps, checks, documents, stock certificates and 
related items. H.J.W. Daugherty, PO Box 1146, Eastham, MA 02642. 

(S) Regular list containing a variety of historical documents, including checks, autographs, manuscripts, em¬ 
bossed revenues, etc. Edward J. Craig, 41 Third Street, Newport, RI 02840. 

* Stocks and bonds, autographs, banknotes and posters, (Buffalo Bill and circus) bought and sold. 

Norrico, Inc., PO Box 6688-CC, Hushing, NY 11365. 

* Catalog containing autograph letters, documents, manuscripts and checks for collectors. Robert F. Batch- 
elder, 1 West Butler Avenue, Ambler, PA 19002. 

* Paper Americana, fiscal and Western historian. Gypsyfoot Enterprises, Doug & Gina McDonald, PO Box 

350093, Grantsdale, MT 59835. . 

(S) Mail bid auction list featuring checks, stocks and bonds, obsoletes, receipts, ephemera and paper 
Americana. James J. Reeves, Box 219, Huntingdon, PA 16652-0219. 

(S) Western Places, a new quarterly magazine covering the mainland western U.S. It is about places, with his¬ 
torical details, many photographs and referenes. Western Places, Box 2093, Lake Grove, OR 97035. 

(S) Price list of checks, promissory notes, receipts, etc. Richard T. Hoober, Box 106, Newfoundland, PA 
18445. 

* Price list of CSA and obsolete bank notes, checks, drafts, related items and books. Carling’s of 

Florida, PO Drawer 580, Pomona Park, FL 32181-0580. 

(S) Mail bid sales of checks, stock certificates, and billheads. Columbus Industries, Inc., 324 S. Wells Ave., 
Reno, NV 89502. 

* Price list of British and some overseas cheques. Collector’s Gallery, 6 & 7 Castle Gates, Shrewsbury SY1 
2AE, United Kingdom. 

* Western area historical documents, stocks and bonds, autographs and more. America West Archives, PO 
Box 100, Cedar City, UT 84720. 

* Stock certificates for collectors. Advise of your collecting interests-for current list. American Vignettes, 

PO Box 155-CC, Roselle Park, NJ 07204. 

(S) Catalog of currency, stock and bond certificates. Terry Cox, PO Box 60, Idaho Springs, CO 80452. 

* Checks, paper money, etc. Roger B. Stolberg, PO Box 9472, San Diego, CA 92169. 

* Stocks, bonds, checks, warrants, exchanges, C.D.’s and misc. Ray Miller, PO Box 4189, Lancaster, CA 

93539. 

* Western and territorial specialist. Vern Potter, PO Box 10040, Torrance, CA 90505-0740. 

* Catalog of regular mail bid sale of historical documents, including checks, autographs and financial 
history. List includes archival supplies. COHASCO, INC., Postal 321, Yonkers, NY 10702. 

* Catalog of checks, letters, documents and manuscripts in many areas of collector interest. Earl Moore, PO 
Box 243, Wynnewood, PA 19096-0243. 

(S) Extensive price list of British and some overseas cheques, bills of exchange and books on banking history. 
Squirrel Publishing Ltd., Hobsley House, Frodesley, Shrewsbury SY5 7HD, United Kingdom. 

* Price list of literature on revenue stamps of the world. Eric Jackson, P.O. Box 728, Leesport, PA 19533. 

* Mail bid sale catalog of Paper Americana including checks and drafts. S.H. Jemik, P.O. Box 753, Bowie, 

MD 20715. 

(S) Autograph Collector, a monthly magazine for collectors of autographs. Autograph Collector, 541 N. 

Main St., Suite 104-352, Cofona, Ca 91719-2044. 

(S) Auction Block , a new multi-hobby newspaper. Auction Block, P.O. Box 337, Iola, WI 54945. 

* Catalog of cheques. Intercol London, 43 Templars Crescent, London N3 3 QR, England. _ 







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BUY 

CONFEDERATE NOTES 
C.S.A. BONDS 



APPRAISALS 

OBSOLETE 
U.S. NOTES 

U.S. CHECKS 


HUGH SHULL 


Paper Ephemera 


^-estezftay s <£Paj)ez 

"Historical Documents for the Collector" 


ANA-LM 
SCNA-LM 
PC DA 


P.O. BOX 712 

LEESVILLE. S.C. 29070 SPMC-LM 

803-532-6747 brna 

FAX 803-532-1182 FUN 


* P.O. Box 81 9 
> Concrete, WA 98237 


Ruth A. Knott t 
(206) 853-8228Ij 


•DEALER IN CONFEDERATE & OBSOLETE BANK NOTES" 


KEN PRAG PAPER AMERICANA 


H.J.W. Daugherty 


OLD POST CARDS . STOCKS & BONDS • PASSES 
STEREOPTICON VIEWS • TIMETABLES 

CHECKS 


PHILATELIC AUCTIONS 
P.O. Box 1146 
Eastham, Mass., 02642 


PHONE - SAN FRANCISCO 
(415) 566-6400 


MMM 


MAIL - P.O. BOX 531 
BURLINGAME, CA 94011 


WRITE FOR OUR NEXT CATALOG 
CHECKS ARE ALWAYS INCLUDED 


Tel: 718-380-4009 
Fax: 718-380-9793 


SEND A 45$ SASE FOR MY LATEST LIST 


OLD STOCKS & BONDS 

Autographs - Buffalo Bill & Circus Posters 


M.S. Kazanjian 


Frank Hammelbacher 

P.O. Box 6688-CC 


ASCC SPMC CCRI IBNS 


Flushing, NY 11365 


Certificates bought, sold, & traded in all categories including: 
mining, railroad, oil, telegraph, baseball, Old West. 
"Illustrated Guide to Mining Stocks & Bonds" only $3. 


BANK CHECKS, 
FISCAL PAPER, 

RN’s S VIGNETTES. 


25 King Philip Ave. 
Barrington, Rl 02806 
(401)245-3-499 



P.O. BOX 155 -CC 


ROBERT F. KLUGE 

VignoV '- 0 

~ U1 ,, ‘ 0_ ANTIQUE STOCKS 

AND BONDS lor collectors, 
dealers, decorators, museums. Railroads, 
mining, petroleum, other topicals Advise o( 
your collecting interests lor current list(s) 
Also buy 


• ROSELLE PARK, NJ 07204 • 908-241-4209 


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Paprr Americana 

P.0. Bo* 2026 Goldenrod a 
32733 (407) 657-7403 
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wfien visiting ORLANDO 
and OISNEYWORLO 


/. CIGAR 80X LABEL SAMPLE BOOKS AMD LABELS 

2. JAY GOULD SIGNED ANYTHING (LETTERS ETC.) 

3. LETTERS BY OTHER EARLY BUSINESSMEN 

4 . COLORADO MINING DIRECTORIES 

5. OLD STOCKS AND BONDS 


Especially Western fHtning Anh <SaiIroa&B 


and Stocks and Letters Signed by Famous People But All Wanted! 


HANOVER, NH checks with imprinted 
(RN) or adhesive revenue stamps 
wanted. Paying minimum of $30 for 
Hanover (or Hanover Center or 
Etna) checks with RNs and $10 for 
any with adhesive revenues. 

Terence Hines, c/o Price Waterhouse, 
Bagatela 14, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland. 



AUTOGRAPHED WARRANTS 
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 
Signed by JOHN SARTRAIN, artist, 1808-1897 
Vignetted Warrant = $18.00 
Plain Warrant = $6.00 
Send order tos 


Anthony J. DeVincent 
1463 Blue Bell Road 
Blue Bell, PA 19422 




























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